Improvement in breech-loading arms



L. B. TIEBEL Breach-Loading 'Fre-Arm 190.99955. Patented May n, 1869.

anni sam @tutti @filtre LOUIS E. TIEBEL', or HUDSON CITY, NEW JERSEY,ASSIGNOR To HIMSE-LE AND-CHARLES MATTERN, or SAME PLACE. e

Leners Patent No. 89,955, zateaMwy-ll, 1869.

To all whom 'it ma/y concern l f Be itknown that I, LOUIS B. TIEB'EL, ofHudson Oity, in .the county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Breech-Loading Fire-Arms; and Ido hereby declare 'that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being had to the ac companying drawings,forming part of this specification.

'Figures 1 and 2 represent longitudinal sectionaly views of myinvention, showing the parts in diiierent positions.

Eigure 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the same, the plane ofsection being indicated by the linea: z,

-l Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new portable breechloading fire-arm, inwhich a new arrangement for opening the breech is employed, and in whicha needle is forced through the rim ofthe cartridge, and not through thehead of the same,as is 4done at present in all breechloadingneedle-arms.

The invention. consists, nrst, in the use of a vertically-slidingbreech-pin, which is perforated, so that the cartridge can befinsertedwhen the pin is moved 1 upward, the hole in the pin 'being then in linewith the bore of the barrel.

The invention consists, second, in arranging a cavity in the breech-pin,which fwill be in line with the barrel when the pin is down, i'. e.,ready for firing. The object'of this cavity is toi supply the charge ofpowder with a sufficient quantity of 'air to enable the instantaneousexplosion of the powder.

The invention consists, third, in the connection be-V tween the hammeror discharge-device and the aforesaid sliding breech-pin4 and thetrigger, said connection' being so arranged, that by moving thebreech-pins up, for loading, and by then vpushing it down, the gun willbe cocked.

The invention finally consists `in forcing the needle through or intothe rim of the cartridge, instead of into the head of the same, wherebythe use of a much shorter needle is permitted.

A represents the barrel of a breech-loading fire-arm, the said barrelbeing open at both ends, and secured upon a suitable stock, B, in anysuitable manner.

The barrel may be grooved on the inside, or smooth, as may be desired.

C represents a cylindrical -block, tted vertically through thebreech-end of the barrel, and through the stock, and provided withheads, a' and b, on its upper and lower ends, respectively, as isclearly s hown in figs. 1 and 2. This block 0- is perforated, as shownVat c inthe drawing, the hole through the pin being in the same directionas the bore of the barrel, and of about the same diameter. Thus, whenthe-block C is pushed up, asin fig. 2, so `that its shoulder b strikesagainst the under side of the stock B, the hole c will be, in vline withthe bore of the barrel, and the cartridge can be inserted. When, then,the block O is forced down,

so as to be suspended from its head a, as in g. l, the hole c will nolonger be in line with the bore of the barrel, and the gun will be readyfor firing.

A recess, d, is arranged in the block C, which will be in line with, or,rather, a continuation of the bore of the barrel when the block O is inthe position last mentioned, t'. e., ready for firing.

g This recess is for the purpose of arranging an airchamber behind thecartridge.

In ordinary dre-arms, the air confmed in the cartridge, between theparticles of the powder, isinsuicient to allow the instantaneousignition of the powder, and, therefore, that portion of the powder whichis not ignited at the moment of tiring, is ignited in the more -forwardportion of thel barrel, so 'that frequently th re can Abeiseen comingout of the barrel of a gun. It is evident that thereby much of the powerof the charge is lost, to avoid which the recess d is arranged. The samecontains enough air to allow the instantaneous explosion ofthe wholecharge of powder. Thereby, with the use of a smaller charge, a bettereffect will beY obtained than by the usual manner of keeping thecartridge close to the breech-end of the barrel.

D is a lever, -pivoted to a stationary arm, e, said arm being arrangedwithin the stock of the gun, as shown. i

One end of the lever D is always in contact with the-block O. The otherend is .always between two arms formed on the free end of a powerfulspring, E, said spring being 'secured in the stock B, at the end orside-of the barrel A, as shown.

Ou the lower arm, j, of the spring E, is formed a` hook, g, by whichAthe spring can be connected with ahook, It, on the trigger F. v

The trigger is arranged, as usual, in the lower plate, O, of the lock,and is thrown forward by a spring, H,

'as shown.

. Upon the surface or' upper side of the springE is secured a pin orneedle, i, which, when the free end of the spring is forced against thebarrel, dts, through a hole, j, in the barrel, into the rim of thecartridge,

the fulminate being arranged around the cartridge, in-

stead of in the head of the same.

The operation is as follows: When the arm has been red, the block O ispushed down, the spring E is thrown up, the pin t projects into thecartridge. All the parts are in the position shown in tig. 1. The backarm ofthe lever D ts into the cavity, d, of the block O, as shown. yTheblock O is then pushed up, and, as it is being pushed, the lower v edgeof the cavity d carries the back arm of the lever pressed, that thehooks g and h may connect it to the trigger, as' shown in iig. 2. Theholec in the block will then be in line with the bore of the barrel, andthe gun will be ready for loading.

When it is loaded, the block O is pushed down,and

thereby the forward arm of the lever D is taken off the lower arm, f, ofthe `spring E, so that, when the trigger is touched, the spring Egmay yup, and drive the pini, through the hole j, into thecartridge.'

` While the lblock C is up', it is heldin -that position by the backarmof the lever D, the 'said back arm 'Patent- A s The sliding block C,when arranged as sliown, l:amd when connected with the hinged lever D,springE,

stantially as herein shown and described.

- LOUIS B. TIEBEL.

Witnesses: A Y

WM. F. MGNAMABA, ALEX. F. BoBEBTs.

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